1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: It's Night Side with Dan Ray on WVZ, Boston's news radio. 2 00:00:07,720 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 2: All Right, it is Friday night, January sixteenth, a year ago. 3 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 2: We were on the cusp of the Trump inauguration for 4 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:23,320 Speaker 2: his second term as president of the United States. And 5 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 2: as happens whenever we get to, you know, anniversaries, a year, 6 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:32,279 Speaker 2: two years, whatever. There are polls and surveys that are 7 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:37,199 Speaker 2: done now CNN through a company called SSRs. I'm not 8 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 2: really familiar with them, but I assume if CNN uses them, 9 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 2: they are a legitimate polling company. They have done a 10 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 2: national poll which was released over the last day or two. 11 00:00:51,560 --> 00:00:55,639 Speaker 2: The poll was conducted from January ninth to the twelfth, 12 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 2: a random national sample. Random bothers me a little bit 13 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 2: because I think that a national sample of one two 14 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:12,520 Speaker 2: and nine US adults drawn from a probability based panel. 15 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 2: Surveys are either conducted online or by telephone with a 16 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:21,639 Speaker 2: live interviewer. Results shown in the chart have a margin 17 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 2: of sampling era of plus or minus three point one percent, 18 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 2: So the poll itself is somewhat questionable. But but you 19 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 2: can look at the poll and look at trends, and 20 00:01:37,280 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 2: it's interesting that Donald Trump generally in terms of his elections, 21 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:51,880 Speaker 2: has done better and surprised people in both twenty sixteen 22 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:57,360 Speaker 2: and twenty twenty four. Certainly now again twenty twenty four, 23 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 2: despite what the White House says was not a mandate, 24 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 2: was not a landslide. He eked out wins in all 25 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 2: of the battleground states, the seven of them. He did 26 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 2: get a majority of the votes. I don't think he 27 00:02:15,240 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 2: was technically over fifty percent, and if he was, it 28 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 2: probably was fifty point two percent running against an administration 29 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:30,520 Speaker 2: in the person of Kamala Harris who had I think, 30 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 2: really had a really rough four years. But here's some 31 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 2: of the poll numbers, and some of them it sounds 32 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 2: to me as if they are mightily influenced, mightily influenced 33 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 2: by the way the media has treated Donald Trump. In 34 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 2: my opinion, and again I am someone who's more than 35 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 2: willing to criticize him. But if you look at overall 36 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:03,839 Speaker 2: what has been accomplished, I think most people would look 37 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:07,680 Speaker 2: back and say that's pretty good. I think that closing 38 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 2: the border and making the border tight, not impermeable, but tight, 39 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:22,040 Speaker 2: certainly as something that the American people voted for. Inflation 40 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 2: has come down, it has not come down where people 41 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 2: are going to be celebrating in the states in the streets, 42 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 2: but it is down gas prices. I was listening today 43 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 2: to some gas prices as of today, and I think 44 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 2: it's all fifty states where gas prices are under three dollars. 45 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 2: And there were a lot of states, I mean a 46 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 2: significant number of states. I think it was thirty six 47 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 2: states where gas prices are under two dollars and fifty cents. 48 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 2: And this was a I'm not sure if it was 49 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 2: Bloomberg that I was listening to the gas prices are 50 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 2: down and anyone who's not willing to admit that they're mistaken. 51 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 2: He did impost tariffs, and there was there was a 52 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 2: lot of the sky is falling from the news media 53 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 2: back in April when Trump had Liberation Day. Yet today 54 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:25,839 Speaker 2: I saw that Bloomberg reported that there's not a single 55 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:30,120 Speaker 2: new car on the market that is that costs less 56 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:35,159 Speaker 2: than fifty thousand dollars. I find that one hard to believe. 57 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 2: Or maybe it was the average price is fifty thousand dollars. Okay. 58 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:43,039 Speaker 2: Now there's a difference there because if you throw in 59 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 2: the average price of let's say, a Ferrari and a Maserati. Well, 60 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 2: that's going to skew the average price of all the 61 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:55,679 Speaker 2: different models of cars higher. But I want to hear 62 00:04:56,120 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 2: from listeners on this one. And if you're a Trump's order, 63 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 2: try to give me your best argument, uh and maybe 64 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 2: your real life argument. The fact that gas prices are 65 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 2: down is is extraordinary because everything that you and I 66 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 2: buy in a market anywhere, in a supermarket, in a manego, 67 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 2: in a in a small store, in a variety of 68 00:05:21,560 --> 00:05:24,839 Speaker 2: local variety store, in a in a DJ Max, in 69 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:30,719 Speaker 2: a in any sort of store, it has to get 70 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,159 Speaker 2: there in some form of fashion I assume by truck. 71 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 2: Trains don't pull up to every store. I hate to 72 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 2: tell you. Airplanes don't land on every street. Trucks deliver goods, 73 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 2: and trucks run on diesel fuel, the price of which 74 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 2: is down. So let me give you some of the questions, 75 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 2: and I want to know if you agree this this. 76 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 2: These are six questions and and they're interesting questions. Okay, 77 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 2: So most say Trump has a fifty eight percent majority 78 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:08,840 Speaker 2: of the public say that Trump has gone too far 79 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,560 Speaker 2: in using the power of the presidency and executive branch, 80 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 2: up from fifty two percent near the start of his 81 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 2: term last year. Now you look at that and say, well, 82 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 2: that's bad, that's really bad. Well, maybe it's bad, maybe 83 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:28,919 Speaker 2: it's not bad. Franklin Roosevelt, the greatest president arguably of 84 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 2: the first half of the twentieth century, elected four times, 85 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:39,839 Speaker 2: certainly used the power of the presidency. He changed the 86 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:44,120 Speaker 2: power of the presidency forever. And I think Donald Trump, 87 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 2: also here is going to be a transformative president if 88 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 2: he's successful. So there are some of the things. Let 89 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 2: me go through some of these. The first one they 90 00:06:56,279 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 2: have is making changes to cultural institutions such as the 91 00:07:00,040 --> 00:07:07,880 Speaker 2: Unity Center and the Smithsonian. Well, sixty two percent say 92 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:11,440 Speaker 2: that he has gone too far. Well, he's put his 93 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 2: own name on the Kennedy Center. I don't know that's 94 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 2: the most important issue that Americans are concerned about, but 95 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 2: it's sixty two percent. And I would say that virtually 96 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 2: every Democrat would be offended by the fact that the 97 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 2: Kennedy Center is now called the Kennedy Trump Center. Okay, 98 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 2: using the power of the presidency in the executive branch, 99 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 2: gone too far, as I told you, fifty eight percent 100 00:07:35,320 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 2: about right, say thirty four percent not far enough. Eight percent. 101 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:45,680 Speaker 2: So again I can understand that a lot of Democrats 102 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 2: would be upset, just as a lot of Republicans were 103 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 2: upset with Franklin Roosevelt cutting federal government programs. Fifty seven percent. Well, 104 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 2: if you're what percentage of the American people are on 105 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 2: a government program, think about that. Twenty six percent say 106 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 2: about right and seventeen percent not far enough. That's a 107 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:12,240 Speaker 2: that's a significant number. Not going far enough and just 108 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 2: about right changing the way the United States government works. Well, 109 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 2: that's that's a very broad question. It can be interpreted 110 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 2: by people in very different ways. Fifty one percent say 111 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 2: gone too far, twenty nine percent about right, and not 112 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:34,199 Speaker 2: gone far enough twenty percent. But again it depends upon 113 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:38,880 Speaker 2: what you perceive in the question trying to reduce the 114 00:08:38,920 --> 00:08:47,679 Speaker 2: price of everyday goods, Well, gone too far ten percent, 115 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 2: been about right, twenty six percent, not gone far enough 116 00:08:54,840 --> 00:09:02,439 Speaker 2: sixty four percent. So, though that's serious of questions, would say, 117 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 2: on the one hand, we want you to do more, 118 00:09:05,720 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 2: we want you to be more of an imperial president 119 00:09:08,200 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 2: when you think about it when it comes to the 120 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:15,000 Speaker 2: price of everyday goods. But we think you've gone really 121 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 2: too far in adding your name to the Kennedy Center. 122 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:23,160 Speaker 2: So this is what to me is really interesting, really interesting, 123 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:25,560 Speaker 2: they say. At the same time, the share who expect 124 00:09:25,559 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 2: Trump's presidency to fundamentally change America has declined from fifty 125 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 2: two percent last April to forty one percent. Now, well, 126 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:38,280 Speaker 2: that's an expectation question. So I can go through a 127 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:42,440 Speaker 2: lot of these that are interesting. Restoring safety to the 128 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 2: US thirty five percent say he's made progress there, twenty 129 00:09:49,880 --> 00:09:54,959 Speaker 2: percent not had much of an effect, haven't gone far enough, 130 00:09:56,440 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 2: six percent made things worse thirty nine percent. Those aren't 131 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 2: bad numbers actually, And then stopping the weaponization of the 132 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 2: Justice Department, that's a good question. Bringing back Lauren order 133 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 2: to US cities thirty three percent may progress. If you 134 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:21,360 Speaker 2: live in Washington, d C. I think you would think 135 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 2: he's done pretty well, not had much of an impact, 136 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 2: twenty percent, haven't heard enough to say six percent it 137 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 2: was nineteen percent, excuse me, not twenty percent, nineteen percent 138 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 2: made things worth forty two percent. This is This is 139 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 2: an interesting poll, and it can be spun and interpreted 140 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 2: in a lot of different ways, in a lot of 141 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 2: different ways. So I want to know from you what 142 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,760 Speaker 2: sort of a grade you know, sort of like this 143 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 2: is the first semester. Okay, the first semester is over. 144 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 2: The second semester is mid terms, meaning next November, when 145 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 2: we will be through about two years. And then, of 146 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 2: course the final grade comes in when Donald Trump leaves 147 00:11:09,160 --> 00:11:11,679 Speaker 2: the White House three years from now. He'll be leaving 148 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 2: the White House. This will be his last weekend. Six one, seven, two, five, 149 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:18,680 Speaker 2: four ten thirty six one seven, nine three one ten thirty. 150 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 2: And I will ask you, if you'd be so kind, 151 00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 2: if you're a Trump voter, I'll ask you that, and 152 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 2: then you can give me an overall grade. Give him 153 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 2: an A, A, B, A C, A D or an F. 154 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:34,080 Speaker 2: And you can give him a grade A plus A 155 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:36,920 Speaker 2: minus grade as well. See you B plus B minus 156 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 2: C plus C minus whatever. Six one seven, two, five, four, 157 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:43,640 Speaker 2: ten thirty. That line is all full. Six one seven, 158 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 2: nine three one ten thirty. This is your opportunity to 159 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,160 Speaker 2: make your voice heard. Uh. And I would like to 160 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 2: get a good sample, not only geographically, but male, female, young, old. 161 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 2: And I might ask you a little bit. We'll kind 162 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:04,319 Speaker 2: of do We'll do a poll here. I'm it's not 163 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:07,760 Speaker 2: going to be scientific, absolutely not. However, I think you'll 164 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,199 Speaker 2: get a sense of my audience and I suspect my 165 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 2: audience will be split. It'll be interesting in which direction. 166 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:14,880 Speaker 2: Coming back on Nightside. 167 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 1: Night Side with Dan Ray, I'm Boston's news Radio. 168 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 2: I pledge to you. I'm going to promise not to argue. 169 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:28,280 Speaker 2: I'm going to try desperately not to argue. And I 170 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:30,439 Speaker 2: just want to hear what you think. Let's go to 171 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 2: Joe and Belmont. Joe, you first this hour on Nightside. 172 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 2: What sort of a grade would you give Donald Trump 173 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 2: for year one of his second term in office? 174 00:12:40,320 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 3: A minus? And I think my best argument for Trump 175 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:49,080 Speaker 3: is that he's going to gain points in ratings in 176 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 3: the future because he might be breathed by the intelligence 177 00:12:56,160 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 3: community that communists Russia in China could be a danger 178 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:07,360 Speaker 3: to national security and nobody knows what goes on behind 179 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 3: closed doors. And I'd like to play Devil's advocate. Now, 180 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:16,840 Speaker 3: what what if Russia was going to do what Trump 181 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:20,640 Speaker 3: did with Greenland in the next Ukraine, Poland in the 182 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:24,400 Speaker 3: Baltic States. I'd like to throw that out to your audience. 183 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 2: Well, I don't think they would do it, and I 184 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:32,120 Speaker 2: would rely on history. The only time that Putin has 185 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 2: invaded a neighboring state was when either President Obama or 186 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:44,120 Speaker 2: President Biden were in office. Putin stayed very quiet during 187 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:46,560 Speaker 2: the four years of the first Trump administration. 188 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:55,199 Speaker 3: And is there any chance of our intelligence community knowing 189 00:13:55,280 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 3: that communists Russia or communist China would take over the 190 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:03,359 Speaker 3: lands of Greenland? Is that possible? 191 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 2: Well, I think that would be I think that would 192 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:11,200 Speaker 2: put us on a war footing. First of all, Russia 193 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 2: is a lot more approximate to Greenland through Canada. China 194 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 2: would have to go through Russia to get to Canada 195 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 2: to get to Greenland. So I think China has more 196 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:29,840 Speaker 2: activity in continents such as Africa and South America, which 197 00:14:29,880 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 2: is one of the reasons I think why the removal 198 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:41,480 Speaker 2: of Meduro. Meduro had hosted the Russia and China and 199 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:44,800 Speaker 2: Iran and they were looking to make it a foothold 200 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 2: so that that didn't happen as a result of Meduro moving, 201 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 2: you know, being being kidnapped or captured or whatever whatever 202 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 2: word you want to put on it, Joe, So you're 203 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 2: gonna give Donald Trump, okay, you'll be happy to hear that. 204 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:07,360 Speaker 3: Thanks for listening to me, Dan, Joe, Thanks very much. 205 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:11,080 Speaker 2: And again, you know tonight it's hall passes for everyone. 206 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,880 Speaker 2: If you want to get in a Patriot score for 207 00:15:13,960 --> 00:15:14,960 Speaker 2: the weekend football game. 208 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 3: Okay, and it's resolutions too. 209 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 2: Right, resolutions, Yeah, but you can't do resolutions after you've 210 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 2: done this. So what's your Have you kept your resolution? Joe, 211 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 2: I'm gonna get tell you what. 212 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:33,240 Speaker 3: Let me tell you what my resolution is. It has 213 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 3: to do with the Bible. It's James four right, draw 214 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 3: closer to God and he'll draw closer to you. And 215 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 3: I'm trying to lessen my attention to current events, new sports, 216 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 3: and music and concentrate on God more. It's not easy. 217 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 4: All right. 218 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 2: Well, that's a good resolution. I hope you can keep it. Thanks, Joe. 219 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 3: I'll give you my score at eleven. 220 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 2: Okay, then Joe talk to you. Then we'll take a break. 221 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,520 Speaker 2: Coming right, thanks, Joe, coming right back on nightside. The 222 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 2: only line open, right, Well, there's two lines six one, seven, two, five, 223 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 2: four ten thirty one line there and one line at 224 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 2: six one, seven, nine, three, one ten thirty. Your rating 225 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 2: of Donald Trump. We'll do a grade rating, simple as that. 226 00:16:18,120 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 2: You can go plus minus, abcd E or f simple 227 00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 2: as that. Here comes the news at the bottom of 228 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:26,880 Speaker 2: the hour. It's Friday night. It's cold, out there. If 229 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 2: you're driving, please take your time. There have been some 230 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 2: really bad accidents. I think you if you've watched the 231 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:35,680 Speaker 2: news tonight and you don't want to be involved, get 232 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 2: home safely, or get to wherever you're going safely. We'll 233 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 2: keep your company and we'll try to keep you awake. 234 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 2: Coming back on Night Side. 235 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:48,359 Speaker 1: You're on to Night's Side with Dan Ray on Boston's 236 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 1: news radio. 237 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 2: Let's keep rolling here, Gonna go to William in Baltimore. William, 238 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 2: welcome back, buddy. 239 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:53,280 Speaker 3: How are you? 240 00:16:56,760 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 2: Where's William? You know what? Let me Let's put William 241 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 2: on hold. William is normally there. Rashid in Dorchester. Rashid welcome, 242 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:06,959 Speaker 2: how are you? 243 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 5: I'm good, Dan, how are you good? 244 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 2: We're going kind of quickly tonight, buddy. So give me 245 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 2: your grade for Donald Trump. I would say a C 246 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:18,640 Speaker 2: see solid see not a plus or minus. 247 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:21,520 Speaker 5: Maybe I don't know yet. 248 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll leave it to the sea. So give me one 249 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 2: good thing that you agree with and and one good 250 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 2: one bad thing, or or a couple. But just I'm 251 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 2: trying to get everybody in about the three to four 252 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:32,439 Speaker 2: minute range here. 253 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:34,960 Speaker 5: Sure, I'll be very I'll be very quick. 254 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 6: I'm a I'm big on economic nationalism, so I'm one 255 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:41,120 Speaker 6: behind the tariff regiment. 256 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 2: Okay, terriffs or yep. 257 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:46,360 Speaker 1: What I dislike I don't. 258 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:48,959 Speaker 6: I don't like the foreign interventions. I think we're going 259 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,600 Speaker 6: to be at warf Iran next week, which I don't 260 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 6: think is a plus for America. I was not a fan, 261 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 6: uh the Venezuela intervention and the fact that we're not 262 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:02,800 Speaker 6: doing anything about the war in Ukraine. It's just has 263 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:05,960 Speaker 6: become worse. So I'm not really a big fan of 264 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:06,879 Speaker 6: the neo common. 265 00:18:06,760 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 2: Could if you're considered about foreign interventions, what what would 266 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 2: we have to do to I mean, that's the ultimate 267 00:18:14,040 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 2: foreign intervention if we went in there anymore. That you're 268 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:20,119 Speaker 2: a little inconsistent with me, which is uncharacteristic of you. 269 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 1: Well, what do you mean. 270 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 2: Well, it sounds to me like you don't want foreign invention, 271 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 2: intervention in terms of Iran or Greenland, and yet he's 272 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 2: not doing enough in terms of foreign intervention with Ukraine. 273 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:38,680 Speaker 7: I think that I don't want foreign Craine. 274 00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 2: I think that, Oh, I'm sorry, I misunderstood. 275 00:18:42,280 --> 00:18:45,640 Speaker 5: I thought you not want any intervention there. 276 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 2: No, Well he hasn't. There are no boots in the ground. 277 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 2: He hasn't given the long range missiles to Selensky. 278 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:56,640 Speaker 6: We're still giving them aid, which is why they keep 279 00:18:56,680 --> 00:19:00,640 Speaker 6: fighting and have no interest in negotiating peace. I think 280 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,040 Speaker 6: that's the big problem. 281 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 2: So we do we say this, Zilinski, are on your own, 282 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:08,679 Speaker 2: and you'll put in the walk walk walk into Kiev. 283 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 6: I think that if they are on their own, with 284 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:16,439 Speaker 6: how badly they've been taking a lot of losses, I 285 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:18,880 Speaker 6: think they'll be more inclined to saying, let's sit down 286 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:21,680 Speaker 6: at the table and negotiate an agreement that could bring 287 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:23,320 Speaker 6: peace to not only the people but. 288 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:24,960 Speaker 2: The region, which means the surrender. 289 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 6: Well, they're not going to win the war, Dan, so 290 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:33,119 Speaker 6: they it's either you keep fighting and keep losing, or 291 00:19:33,320 --> 00:19:36,399 Speaker 6: you make peace, which I wouln't even call surrender. 292 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 5: Make peace and say listen, well wait. 293 00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:39,639 Speaker 2: A second, you're going to have to give up a 294 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:41,080 Speaker 2: whole bunch of territory there. 295 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,040 Speaker 5: Well, that's what happens in war. 296 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 2: Dan. I'm sorry I just say that, but but basically, 297 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:50,160 Speaker 2: by that's like saying when when Churchill went to see 298 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 2: Hitler and said, we have peace in our time. The 299 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 2: only piece that Hitler wanted was he wanted a piece 300 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,920 Speaker 2: of Czechoslovakia or a piece of Hungary, a piece of Poland, 301 00:19:57,920 --> 00:19:59,159 Speaker 2: a piece of you know. 302 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:03,720 Speaker 5: Yeah, I don't think is Hitler like I don't. 303 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 4: I don't think. 304 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:06,800 Speaker 6: I don't think there's like a comparison when it comes 305 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 6: to Hitler taking over pretty much almost all of Europe, 306 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:17,000 Speaker 6: even Russia, versus Putin taking pieces of Ukraine that speak Russian. 307 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 5: I mean, I don't, that is my opinion. I don't 308 00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 5: see this, and I understand that. 309 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 2: I think that Putin, who has said that the greatest 310 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:26,359 Speaker 2: tragedy of the twentieth century was the dissolution of the 311 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 2: Soviet Union, I think if he had his way, he 312 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 2: would restore the Soviet Union. 313 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,159 Speaker 6: I think that if we did not really have a 314 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 6: NATO alliance and just focused on us having like normal 315 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 6: peaceful relations with Russia and the United States and Europe, 316 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:45,399 Speaker 6: I don't think we'd have much problems. 317 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:46,080 Speaker 5: But I think that we. 318 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:49,080 Speaker 2: Would go back to the Soviet Empire. I think we 319 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:50,120 Speaker 2: would go back. 320 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 6: To I don't think. 321 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:51,400 Speaker 4: I don't. 322 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 6: I don't think that the Russians have the interest to 323 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:59,040 Speaker 6: take over eastern Europe, but I do see that they 324 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 6: could be possibly him new king Gerremany and the United Kingdom, 325 00:21:02,520 --> 00:21:05,119 Speaker 6: which is not good for any of us as this 326 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:06,080 Speaker 6: thing continues. 327 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:11,040 Speaker 2: So all right, Rashid is always a challenging phone call. 328 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 2: We will not be at war with Iran a week 329 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:16,359 Speaker 2: from now, though, sleep don't worry about that one. Okay, 330 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:18,120 Speaker 2: He's not gonna put us in a war with a run. 331 00:21:20,040 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 5: I guess we'll see. 332 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:23,240 Speaker 2: We'll see. I'll bet you a cup of coffee on it. 333 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:26,080 Speaker 7: Okay, thanks for she All right, take care, thanks man, 334 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 7: talk to you soon. 335 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:29,679 Speaker 2: I'm gonna go back to William in Baltimore. William, you 336 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:33,040 Speaker 2: weren't there, which is uncharacteristic. How's our reception now? 337 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:37,520 Speaker 5: Oh? Great, man, I'm sorry I got cut off at 338 00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 5: a problem. 339 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:38,679 Speaker 7: A problem. 340 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:42,639 Speaker 2: So so what sort of grade would you give President Trump? 341 00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:46,360 Speaker 5: I don't give him like I was a gentleman, said 342 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:47,600 Speaker 5: that a minus. 343 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 2: Uh. 344 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:51,000 Speaker 5: I think that I think people, you know, I think 345 00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 5: the big fun man. I think people just hate Trump. 346 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:58,080 Speaker 5: I'll be that. I think that, you know, I don't 347 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 5: know about these mid terms. He probably I was going 348 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,840 Speaker 5: to get clouded. But you know, as far as I'm 349 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:05,199 Speaker 5: gon saying, I think that he did pretty good, Like 350 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 5: you said, Das Prices are down. I'm noting that puzzs 351 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 5: are down in the grocery stores. I think people are 352 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 5: just panicked in because of his personality. I wish he 353 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 5: would tone it down, but he's never going to tone 354 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 5: it down. 355 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:19,680 Speaker 2: No, that's true. However, it was interesting this week that 356 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 2: he talked with Elizabeth Warren, who obviously is very different 357 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 2: from Donald Trump. He had the New York City mayor 358 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 2: into the White House. He's he's interested in trying to 359 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:37,000 Speaker 2: find some areas of agreement. I think his argument about 360 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 2: the credit cards being capped at ten percent, I think 361 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:43,439 Speaker 2: the credit card companies have gone a little overboard with 362 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:46,920 Speaker 2: their twenty twenty two to twenty four percent interest rates. 363 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:51,160 Speaker 5: I mean that's killing, you know, a loan shot man. 364 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:55,679 Speaker 2: Yeah so, I mean, and that is uncharacteristic normally that 365 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:58,520 Speaker 2: you would never have a Republican president say, would like 366 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:00,639 Speaker 2: to cap credit card rates. 367 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 4: Yeah. 368 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 2: You know, the the the home mortgage the home building 369 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 2: is up. There's been more home mortgages generated this past 370 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 2: month than I think in several months. So the economy 371 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:19,680 Speaker 2: may be slowly. The stock market has stayed up. Now, 372 00:23:20,160 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 2: you know, there could be a correction, Always could be 373 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:25,200 Speaker 2: a correction. The market is almost you begin to get 374 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 2: a little worried. It's it's doing so well, right, you know, 375 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:35,680 Speaker 2: he's I think the Republicans may do better than people 376 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:41,880 Speaker 2: expect because I think the media is looking to undercut him. 377 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:43,360 Speaker 2: Uh at every. 378 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 5: Point that that's with the media argue doing that. The 379 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,880 Speaker 5: media just hates him, that's all. And uh, he's fighting 380 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 5: and uh, you know with this ice thing going on. 381 00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:55,720 Speaker 5: Uh And I really think that these people are just 382 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:58,119 Speaker 5: doing their jobs, you know. And uh, you know, but 383 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 5: I always think people could have said about about the 384 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 5: border and everything, but the borders, you know, the borders 385 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:06,840 Speaker 5: are virtually closed and uh and you know, I want 386 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 5: to ask you this, Dan, you know, like they say that, 387 00:24:09,760 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 5: you know, he's arresting people to the US citizens and 388 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:16,280 Speaker 5: all that, but I haven't heard where a US citizen 389 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:17,040 Speaker 5: has been deported. 390 00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 7: Man. 391 00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:21,080 Speaker 5: So uh, you know, I'm sure that if somebody comes 392 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 5: across the border illegally and they uh they're not a criminal, 393 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 5: but they still they committed a crime by coming in illegally, right, 394 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:29,880 Speaker 5: it might that. 395 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:31,840 Speaker 2: Is my opinion. I mean, it can be argued that, 396 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 2: oh no, they come in and as soon as they 397 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 2: come in, they say that they want asylum. So there's 398 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:41,000 Speaker 2: some there's some some loopholes in the law which have 399 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,320 Speaker 2: given some judges some freedom here. I think a lot 400 00:24:44,359 --> 00:24:46,959 Speaker 2: of this is going to get tightened up. I think that, uh, 401 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:49,960 Speaker 2: when they when they talk about using the Insurrection Act, 402 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,199 Speaker 2: I've done a little bit of research on it. The 403 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:55,640 Speaker 2: Insurrection Act was used by President Eisenhower to integrate schools 404 00:24:55,640 --> 00:25:01,080 Speaker 2: in Arkansas because the racist governors of Arkansas time wanted 405 00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:04,120 Speaker 2: nothing to do with having integration in their schools. President 406 00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 2: Kennedy used the Insiration Insurrection Act twice in Mississippi, but 407 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,880 Speaker 2: then there was a governor round there named Ross Barnett, 408 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:16,959 Speaker 2: and of course George Coley Wallace, who you know, segregation, 409 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 2: segregation forever, no one, I think most rational people said, hey, 410 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 2: it's got to be done. It's got to be done. 411 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 2: There are kids out there that need to be educated. 412 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,480 Speaker 2: And guess what where is the where's the outcry? We 413 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,400 Speaker 2: hear a lot of the outcry from Renee Good okay, 414 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 2: which I'm not happy and I wish to God that 415 00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:39,920 Speaker 2: that ice officer had holstered his gun and just got 416 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:41,800 Speaker 2: out of the way and go arrest her later on 417 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 2: whenever you want. But where's the outrage for the for 418 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 2: Lincoln Riley, and where's the outrage for so many people 419 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:52,879 Speaker 2: who were killed by illegal immigrants here? And you know 420 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:54,840 Speaker 2: what the argument was back in the day, William The 421 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 2: argument was, well, Americans killed Americans too. Well, we have 422 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 2: enough Americans killing Americans. We don't need to bring any 423 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:03,639 Speaker 2: more in the country to kill Americans. 424 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,680 Speaker 5: Thank you, thank you, I believe. And with miss Bud, 425 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:09,119 Speaker 5: I'm sorry the lady got killed, but you know, she 426 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:11,359 Speaker 5: played the part in that team, you know, because uh, 427 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 5: you know, she could have just did with the officers. 428 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:16,880 Speaker 5: I just say that with the police officers, ice officers 429 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,399 Speaker 5: or whoever, just just do what they say. That's and 430 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:22,360 Speaker 5: then you know, another thing, then nobody talks about They 431 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 5: say that the ice officer aggressive, right, but what about 432 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 5: you know, these people are getting a lot of things 433 00:26:27,840 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 5: flown at them, youring bottles, all types of objects blown 434 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 5: at them at. 435 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:37,200 Speaker 2: This point, now, pyrotechnics, yeah, all kinds of things. 436 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:40,919 Speaker 5: You know. Yeah, they're human beings, you know. So you know, 437 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 5: I think that Donald Trump is going to be okay. 438 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 5: And I just wish that people will stop. 439 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:46,160 Speaker 4: Panic the man. 440 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 5: You know, I say, hey, man, I voted for the man. 441 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:50,960 Speaker 5: You know, I wish he'd told it down, but that's 442 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:52,399 Speaker 5: just him. 443 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:54,720 Speaker 2: All the Democrats used to talk about Maduro and I 444 00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:57,840 Speaker 2: can quote him, uh, you know, Schumer and all of them. Uh, 445 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:00,840 Speaker 2: Maduro is a bad guy. We're gonna do something about Madrurou. 446 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,960 Speaker 2: Trump does something about Maduro, and now they're upset that 447 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:08,760 Speaker 2: he did something about Mandro and the war and so on. 448 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 5: He went done into field. They have twenty five million 449 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:16,600 Speaker 5: dollars reward for this man or something like that. And 450 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,360 Speaker 5: uh so yeah, so let me playing out. 451 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:19,640 Speaker 3: Man. 452 00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:20,840 Speaker 5: I just wish people would come. 453 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:23,359 Speaker 2: It would be like you would be like some It 454 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:26,160 Speaker 2: would be like William if we lived on a block 455 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 2: and there was some guy in the block who was 456 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 2: bothering women or bothering kids, uh or whatever, and everybody said, 457 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:35,439 Speaker 2: other guy's a horrible guy, but nobody did anything about it. 458 00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 2: So then somebody go down and had a good conversation 459 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:40,639 Speaker 2: with the guy and and and maybe you know, gave 460 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 2: him a knuckle sandwige or whatever you have to do 461 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:45,920 Speaker 2: with something like that. Uh and and and the guy 462 00:27:46,160 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 2: started to act right. People with them be saying, well, yeah, 463 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,080 Speaker 2: it was good they did it, but they shouldn't have 464 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:51,920 Speaker 2: you know they were a little too rough and aggressive. 465 00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,359 Speaker 2: I mean it's no matter. Some people will never be pleased, 466 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:56,800 Speaker 2: William simplest. 467 00:27:56,400 --> 00:28:01,160 Speaker 5: No, never, never never, So thank you, I thought. 468 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:04,200 Speaker 2: He we'll talk soon, okay. Yeah, I hope you call 469 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 2: back that night. Give me and give me a Patriots 470 00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:10,159 Speaker 2: Texan score. Okay, maybe you'll win the process. 471 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:12,679 Speaker 5: So yeah, because that because the rain was out of it, 472 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:13,159 Speaker 5: and h. 473 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:18,879 Speaker 2: You gotta get another all right, thanks William talk so 474 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:22,080 Speaker 2: thank you coming back. Okay, right after this, we got 475 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:25,920 Speaker 2: Herschel's up next, Steve's up next, and then Jennifer, those 476 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 2: will get in. 477 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:27,120 Speaker 4: Uh. 478 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:28,479 Speaker 2: And if you want to try to get in right 479 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:31,120 Speaker 2: now six one seven, two five four thirty six one seven, 480 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:34,240 Speaker 2: nine three thirty. Uh, if this is really hot, we 481 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,120 Speaker 2: can carry this in a little bit into the next 482 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:38,560 Speaker 2: hour as well. So I'm not gonna like drop people off. 483 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 2: I promise coming back on Night Side. 484 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 1: It's Night Side with Dan Ray on w B Boston's 485 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:46,080 Speaker 1: news radio. 486 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:50,240 Speaker 2: We lost one of our callers there, Jennifer. Come on, Jennifer, 487 00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:51,720 Speaker 2: call back. We'll get you in. I promise. Let me 488 00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:54,720 Speaker 2: go next to Herschel in Boston. Hi, Herschel, welcome. 489 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:56,200 Speaker 4: Next to Night side. 490 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 2: I'm doing great, sir. What's your take on President Trump 491 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,440 Speaker 2: at the one? I guess we'd call it at the 492 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:04,960 Speaker 2: quarter pole in the context of a horse race. AD. 493 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 7: Okay, if you remember several weeks ago I called and 494 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 7: mean you kind of touched on his resume before I 495 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 7: start Patriots twenty three sixteen, you gotta call back during eleven. 496 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,960 Speaker 2: You gotta call back during eleven. I can't take that 497 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 2: except come. 498 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:28,280 Speaker 7: On, okay, all right, So here's my grade. Okay, I'm 499 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 7: gonna you know, somebody's gonna fall out the bed, but 500 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:32,880 Speaker 7: I give him a D. And I'm gonna tell you 501 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:35,160 Speaker 7: why he's done. 502 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 4: He's done. 503 00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:40,840 Speaker 7: He's done a great job with the borders. It's something 504 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:45,480 Speaker 7: I believe should have been done two three administrations ago 505 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:51,160 Speaker 7: with Biden and and and uh and and and it wasn't. 506 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:52,120 Speaker 4: Okay. 507 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:58,280 Speaker 7: But for example, if if I have an enlarged gate 508 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,360 Speaker 7: gateway coming into my driveway coming into my yard, so 509 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 7: if somebody walks into my yard and i'm pulling weed 510 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,960 Speaker 7: to something I see them walk in, I'm not gonna 511 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:09,520 Speaker 7: go grab a rake and run them out of my yard. 512 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:11,600 Speaker 7: I'm going to approach them in a respect for her 513 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:14,600 Speaker 7: and say, can I help you? Do you realize this 514 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:15,680 Speaker 7: is private property? 515 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 4: Oh? 516 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:20,479 Speaker 7: Okay, you know there's a way to approach people. And 517 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:24,719 Speaker 7: I just feel how ICE is approaching because ICE has 518 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:28,959 Speaker 7: been around for years. Yep, absolutely, okay, and I have 519 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:32,080 Speaker 7: a friend that works for ICE, you know, from this state. 520 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:37,960 Speaker 7: But it's not the fact guns kill people, and this 521 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:41,920 Speaker 7: is just you know that that old saying guns don't 522 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:46,120 Speaker 7: kill people. People kill people. Okay, So it's not Ice, 523 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:50,200 Speaker 7: it's the mandate they've been given. It's the classroom instruction. 524 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:55,000 Speaker 7: I don't blame Christy Nome. I blame her boss because 525 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:58,080 Speaker 7: he's told her this is what you're supposed to do, 526 00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:00,479 Speaker 7: and you do it like I want you to do it. 527 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:03,520 Speaker 7: And if they come at you, you just tell them whatever, 528 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:06,280 Speaker 7: but don't go against what I'm telling you to do. 529 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,000 Speaker 2: Fair enough, Okay, So let me ask you a question. Uh, 530 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:12,320 Speaker 2: obviously ICE is meant with with a lot of resistance 531 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 2: here in Minneapolis. Okay, yep. Should should should Trump turn 532 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:20,600 Speaker 2: around and say, oh my god, we're getting out of there, 533 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:22,520 Speaker 2: We're getting out of there, because if you do that, 534 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:25,600 Speaker 2: if you do that. 535 00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:27,720 Speaker 5: He shouldn't do that. 536 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:31,160 Speaker 7: He should not get them out. If he had he 537 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:35,360 Speaker 7: has a thing where I need to get the illegals 538 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:36,840 Speaker 7: out of this country, and if I have to go 539 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:39,560 Speaker 7: into every city and comb through it, then I'll do that. 540 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 7: But Dan, I'm sorry, there's just a more peaceful way 541 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:46,840 Speaker 7: to do that than just walking over there, working through 542 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:55,680 Speaker 7: now ice, working through intimidation, okay. And as people, especially minorities, okay, 543 00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:59,480 Speaker 7: and it happened with the George Floyd thing, We're not 544 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:02,160 Speaker 7: going to be intimidated just because you have a badge, 545 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:06,680 Speaker 7: because you're using your particular authority and appropriately. 546 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:11,200 Speaker 2: Let me just say this on George Floyd, you've listened 547 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,680 Speaker 2: to my show, I hope for a long time. I 548 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:17,960 Speaker 2: said from day one, you got a roade cop who 549 00:32:18,040 --> 00:32:23,800 Speaker 2: who I lost, lost his mind and murdered somebody in 550 00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:26,920 Speaker 2: cold blood by keeping his knee on his neck. And 551 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:29,200 Speaker 2: I hope that guy never gets out of jail. Okay. 552 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:33,240 Speaker 2: Wows simple as that, But that is not what most 553 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:36,560 Speaker 2: police officers, in my opinion, are about. And as a 554 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:39,920 Speaker 2: matter of fact, Ruschel, there are more minority police officers 555 00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:43,160 Speaker 2: in this country, more women police officers in this country 556 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:46,480 Speaker 2: carrying guns than there ever have been before in the history. 557 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:50,880 Speaker 7: Happened, and I agree with you, Dan, but everything starts 558 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:52,719 Speaker 7: in the classroom. 559 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:53,320 Speaker 5: I give you. 560 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:56,719 Speaker 7: I give you a real quick example. I live in Roxbury. 561 00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:57,640 Speaker 4: There's a cop. 562 00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:03,240 Speaker 7: There's a cop that's well known in this community of Roxbury, Boston. 563 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:09,000 Speaker 7: He big gut, you know, fat guy, black guy, and 564 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,960 Speaker 7: all he does, Dan, I lie to you not. I 565 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:14,960 Speaker 7: put this on my kids. I've never seen him talk 566 00:33:15,200 --> 00:33:18,640 Speaker 7: respectfully to anybody. He screams at people. 567 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:22,240 Speaker 2: So let me ask you this, Yep, why does the 568 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:26,240 Speaker 2: community not go and sit with the commissioner of police 569 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:31,360 Speaker 2: who happens to be a black police commissioner and get 570 00:33:31,400 --> 00:33:35,280 Speaker 2: that guy some training. Okay, it's not like the old days. 571 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:38,160 Speaker 2: Let's say when Vickey Roach was You've been around herschel 572 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,440 Speaker 2: when Mickey Roach was the commission You're gonna see what's 573 00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:41,720 Speaker 2: Mickey Roach going to do about it? 574 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:47,920 Speaker 7: No, I agree with you. Okay, but you got and 575 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:49,680 Speaker 7: you know this is what I'll do. You've been around 576 00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:51,400 Speaker 7: a little bit longer than me. You got to pick 577 00:33:51,400 --> 00:33:53,880 Speaker 7: your battles. 578 00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:58,120 Speaker 2: That someone like that in my neighborhood, by the way, 579 00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:02,000 Speaker 2: I had No, I've had cops in my neighborhood, not 580 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:04,640 Speaker 2: the cover, not the one I'm in right now. But 581 00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:08,160 Speaker 2: I've had perps in another community that threw their weight around. 582 00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:10,080 Speaker 2: They happen to be white cops. By the way, that 583 00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:13,160 Speaker 2: was a pretty well right, well known guy. Hey, look, 584 00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:14,600 Speaker 2: I got to get a couple more. 585 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:18,880 Speaker 7: In Okay, yeah, real quick. I don't agree with what 586 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:20,840 Speaker 7: he's trying to do with Greenland. I think that's the 587 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:24,120 Speaker 7: I think that's the mentality of a characteristic Yeah. 588 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,000 Speaker 2: I agree with you that I agree with you in 589 00:34:26,040 --> 00:34:31,520 Speaker 2: that that that is unnecessary. Uh, you do that diplomatically, 590 00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:34,439 Speaker 2: whatever you need. You need a greater military book print. 591 00:34:34,719 --> 00:34:36,879 Speaker 7: They don't if they don't want to. They have that right, 592 00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:37,600 Speaker 7: well they had. 593 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,400 Speaker 2: That right, but I suspect that they would love to 594 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,600 Speaker 2: have a greater military, you know, a footprint up there 595 00:34:42,600 --> 00:34:45,360 Speaker 2: because it's good for Greenland. But you do it quietly 596 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:48,319 Speaker 2: in my opinion. All right, thanks Arch, You'll have a 597 00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:49,400 Speaker 2: great weekend. Go Pats. 598 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:50,960 Speaker 7: All right, sir, Ye talk to you soon. 599 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:53,120 Speaker 2: Thank you. Let me go to Steve and Merrimack. Steve, 600 00:34:53,120 --> 00:34:54,960 Speaker 2: you're gonna wrap the hour force, go right ahead. What's 601 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:56,600 Speaker 2: sort of a great did you give? 602 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:02,400 Speaker 4: I would to give him a solid be My reasoning 603 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:08,160 Speaker 4: is that he has his involvement with the FED is 604 00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:11,160 Speaker 4: beyond you know, what he should be doing. He's supposed 605 00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:14,279 Speaker 4: to keep it separate. I think he could do more 606 00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:20,040 Speaker 4: with Ukraine side comments like you said before, like Rob Reiner, 607 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:21,279 Speaker 4: you know, you know. 608 00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:26,759 Speaker 2: Why president, did you say a beer? See? Did you 609 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:27,560 Speaker 2: say a B or a D? 610 00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:29,120 Speaker 4: I want to get you correct, Well, I'm not give 611 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:32,839 Speaker 4: you a B solid B B as in Boston, as 612 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:33,320 Speaker 4: in Boston. 613 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:35,440 Speaker 2: Okay, I want to make sure that I copied it 614 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:36,160 Speaker 2: on right, that's all. 615 00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:36,760 Speaker 4: Yeah. 616 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:40,280 Speaker 5: And the and as far as like foreign policy, Maduro, 617 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:42,560 Speaker 5: I couldn't believe that when I woke up that morning 618 00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:46,200 Speaker 5: and he actually, you know, this guy was arrested. 619 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:48,880 Speaker 4: I don't. I wouldn't call it a kidnapping. He was arrested. 620 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:52,240 Speaker 2: They had a purple walk right. 621 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:56,040 Speaker 4: Twenty five million dollar bounty on him, so that was good. 622 00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:59,279 Speaker 4: And you know, as far as the Iranian attack, that 623 00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:03,720 Speaker 4: was I mean, I think they really obliterated their nuclear 624 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:04,640 Speaker 4: no questions. 625 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:07,960 Speaker 2: I think, no question about that, no question about that. 626 00:36:07,719 --> 00:36:11,799 Speaker 4: That's his words, not mine. And as far as you 627 00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:14,880 Speaker 4: know overall, if he would just keep his mouth shut, 628 00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:17,120 Speaker 4: I think that he would probably be a better president. 629 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:22,600 Speaker 2: But he absolutelyemy and he's a New Yorker you know, 630 00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:25,040 Speaker 2: but Franklin Rose was a New Yorker too, and he 631 00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:27,160 Speaker 2: didn't have that characteristic. 632 00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:30,839 Speaker 4: So I know, but historically, you know, they went after 633 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:33,279 Speaker 4: him in twenty four, they arrested him, they got his 634 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,160 Speaker 4: mug shots and everything, and then that guy tried to 635 00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:39,040 Speaker 4: kill him on July thirteenth of twenty four. Yeah, you know, 636 00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:43,080 Speaker 4: I think that really changed. That's what really changed his personality. 637 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:44,719 Speaker 4: I feel he's embolden. 638 00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,600 Speaker 2: Yeah. No, I think his personality has always been in that, 639 00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:50,600 Speaker 2: but you're maybe right, it's it's more emboldened, Steve. I 640 00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:52,160 Speaker 2: hate to do this to you, but I got a run. 641 00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:54,080 Speaker 2: I got one more. I'm going to give thirty seconds 642 00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:54,920 Speaker 2: to and that'll be it. 643 00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:57,920 Speaker 4: Okay, Oh, very good than Happy. 644 00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:00,640 Speaker 2: New Year, Carolyn Randolph, Carol, I give you thirty seconds. 645 00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:02,719 Speaker 2: You just called in. I'd love to get you under 646 00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:03,720 Speaker 2: the wire. Go ahead, Carol. 647 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:06,279 Speaker 8: Well, you know Dan on a trumper. I give him 648 00:37:06,280 --> 00:37:10,239 Speaker 8: an a ok No, what he's done taking him a 649 00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:16,960 Speaker 8: Dora out and he is playing global chess, not domestic. 650 00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:20,399 Speaker 8: I mean, everything that's going on with the immigration thing 651 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:23,400 Speaker 8: and everything has a bad mark on him now, but 652 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:29,080 Speaker 8: this man is playing a global chess game. I mean 653 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:33,160 Speaker 8: he is putting China and Russia and if he can 654 00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:38,400 Speaker 8: take a random I mean he is doing what he 655 00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:42,240 Speaker 8: should be doing being at leader of the United States 656 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:45,080 Speaker 8: and make us back the global power that we were. 657 00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:48,160 Speaker 2: All Right, I got you down, Carol, and I got 658 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:51,879 Speaker 2: you in. You snuck in under the wire. Okay, that's 659 00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:53,000 Speaker 2: a great weekend. 660 00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:54,280 Speaker 7: Carol, J BikeE. 661 00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:56,719 Speaker 2: Talk to you soon. Have a great night. We get back, 662 00:37:56,760 --> 00:37:59,399 Speaker 2: I want to talk about New Year's resolutions, and if 663 00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:01,120 Speaker 2: that doesn't we can go back to this. But I 664 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:04,200 Speaker 2: think we're going to talk about New Year's resolutions. Which 665 00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:08,880 Speaker 2: resolutions is still working for you and which shattered hours 666 00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:11,080 Speaker 2: or days ago. Coming back on Night's side right after 667 00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:11,479 Speaker 2: the tenth